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Vanessa_MEO
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Sep 14, 2022 4:03 PM UTC
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Remove Like given

Hello,

I have a user who is giving likes to his own posts. I would like to remove that like. Is this possible? How?

      DannyPancratz
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      VIP ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
      Sep 14, 2022 4:09 PM UTC

      Maybe through some custom CSS or third-party scripting. There might be a way to identify based on user Id if someone is the author or not, and then to hide the like button to only the author. 

      No way to stop the points they get unless you remove the functionality. Once the points are applied, you can’t roll them back (althought it’d be a good API feature for them to add, in which case you could build an automation with Zapier or similar tools to undo any points he’s giving himself)

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      DannyPancratz
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      VIP ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
      Sep 14, 2022 4:09 PM UTC

      Maybe through some custom CSS or third-party scripting. There might be a way to identify based on user Id if someone is the author or not, and then to hide the like button to only the author. 

      No way to stop the points they get unless you remove the functionality. Once the points are applied, you can’t roll them back (althought it’d be a good API feature for them to add, in which case you could build an automation with Zapier or similar tools to undo any points he’s giving himself)

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        lauro.lana
        lauro.lana
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        Sep 30, 2022 1:32 PM UTC

        That is correct, @DannyPancratz, thank you for helping our user!


        @Vanessa_MEO - This would be difficult to achieve because I imagine more users like their own posts, so while it might be possible to remove likes for a single user, this would also happen at other times. This would necessitate a change in our API or a new functionality, such as adding a new feature that prevents users from liking their own posts.

        If you believe that’s something valuable to your community, could you create this as idea in our community and give some more details on your use case? 

        Let me know if there are any other questions. 😊

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          revote
          revote
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          Sep 23, 2024 6:22 AM UTC

          We have this same issue - user likes his/hers own posts. Yeah, we can and we will send PM to user and ask kindly to stop but there should be option to delete likes from certain posts.

          We used Khoros back in the days and as a admin or mod I can delete likes from posts.

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          Chris Hackett
          Chris Hackett
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          Sep 23, 2024 8:11 PM UTC

          I also wish there was a way to keep users from liking their own posts. What I have done for now is lower liking a post to 1 point. At least that way they have a long way to go before they earn much. 

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          Chris
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          Sep 24, 2024 5:58 AM UTC

          I also wish there was a way to keep users from liking their own posts. What I have done for now is lower liking a post to 1 point. At least that way they have a long way to go before they earn much. 

          Yeah, I have lowered liking to 1 point as well. But if you are hard-working you still earn the points 😀

          Is there idea raised about this?

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          revote
          revote
          VIP ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
          Sep 24, 2024 1:05 PM UTC

          Now there is!

           

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